The Federal Trade Commission’s Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Fees, sometimes called the “Junk Fees Rule,” took effect on May 12, 2025. In advance of that effective date, the FTC published Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) to provide guidance to consumers and businesses regarding the Rule.
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On Oct. 22, 2024, the CFPB issued a final rule that will require covered financial institutions to provide consumers and authorized third parties with access and portability options for their financial data. The CFPB’s final rule, called the “Personal Financial Data Rights Rule,” implements Section 1033 of Title X of the Dodd-Frank Act, a to-date
On June 17, 2024, the FTC filed a federal court complaint against Adobe and two of its executives. The complaint alleges that Adobe deceived consumers by failing to adequately disclose that its annual subscription plans were subject to an ETF and by making it difficult for consumers to cancel their annual subscription plans.
On May 16, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court held 7-2 in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America (CFSA) (Docket No. 22-448) that the CFPB’s funding structure is constitutional. With the Court’s decision, uncertainty over the CFPB’s rulemaking authority tied to the constitutionality of the CFPB’s funding has been removed, clearing
On April 4, 2024, the CFPB issued a report titled “Banking in Video Games and Virtual Worlds” that examines the financial and privacy risks to consumers in online video gaming marketplaces.
The CFPB’s report explains that gaming platforms facilitate the storage and exchange of valuable assets while collecting large amounts of data from their users.
On April 16, 2024, the CFPB issued a revised rule aimed at streamlining its procedures for designating nonbank covered entities for supervision. The CFPB said the revised procedures “reflect changes to the CFPB’s organizational structure,” but also noted that the revised procedures would lead to a “reduction in time and general streamlining of the decisional
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On April 2, 2024, CFPB Director Rohit Chopra delivered prepared remarks at a gathering hosted by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Director Chopra’s remarks centered on the evolving landscape of data brokerage and its implications for individual privacy and national security and the CFPB’s plans to protect the public “from harmful
On Oct. 19, 2023, the CFPB released a proposed rule that, if finalized in its present form, would require covered financial institutions to provide consumers and authorized third parties with access and portability options for their financial data. The CFPB’s proposed rule, called the “Personal Financial Data Rights” rule, would implement Section 1033 of Title
On Oct. 7, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 478 into law. When it becomes effective July 1, 2024, the law will amend the CLRA to generally ban so-called “junk fees.”
California’s effort sits along the Biden administration’s focus on “junk fees,” which multiple federal agencies have now addressed via various advisory opinions, guidance
On Oct. 11, 2023, the FTC released a proposed rule that would, if finalized in its present form, prohibit “misleading” fees and require more prominent disclosures for so-called “junk fees.” The FTC’s proposed rule, called the “Rule on Unfair and Deceptive Fees,” would broadly prohibit businesses subject to FTC jurisdiction from mispresenting the nature and